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Music is a way of expressing many feelings, emotions, ideas, costumes and believes.

Through it you can increase your level of English. You can listen, understand and learn a song.

You have to practice it several times, and do different activities about it.

SO.. YOU HAVE THREE SONGS FOR EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING EXERCISES ACCORDING TO THE SONG. PREPARE AND PUT THEM IN YOUR PORTFOLIO. THEN SHOW IT TO YOUR TEACHER AND CLASSMATES.

UNIT 1. LISTENING.
Excercise 1. Sunshine Reggae
LISTEN TO THIS SONG.
TRY TO SING THE SONG BY USING THE LYRICS BELOW.

"Sunshine Reggae" 
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Gimme gimme, 
gimme just a little smile, that's all I ask of you. 
Gimme gimme, gimme just a little smile, 
we got a message for you. 
Sunshine, sunshine reggae, 
don't worry, don't hurry, take it easy! 
Sunshine, sunshine reggae, 
let the good vibes get a lot stronger! 
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Gimme gimme, 
Gimme just a little smile, 
that's all I ask of you. 
(is that too much?) 
Gimme gimme, 
gimme just a little smile, 
we got a message for you. 
Join the-sunshine, sunshine reggae, 
let the good vibes get a lot stronger! 
Sunshine, sunshine reggae, 
don't worry, don't hurry, take it easy! 
Sunshine, sunshine reggae, 
let the good vibes get a lot stronger! 
get a lot stronger, 
let the good vibes 
get a lot stronger! 
Let the good vibes 
get a lot stronger, 
let the good vibes 
get a lot stronger! 
Let the good vibes 
get a lot stronger, 
let the good vibes 
get a lot stronger! 
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger, 
let the good vibes get a lot stronger!

EXERCISE 1.

a) Write down in your portfolio the main ideas of the song.

b) Make a picture of the song

c) Practice the song and prepare for a presentation of it.

Excercise 2. Rivers of Babylon
LISTEN TO THIS SONG.
TRY TO SING THE SONG BY USING THE LYRICS BELOW



By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing the lords song in a strange land

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Requiering of us a song
Now how shall we sing the lords song in a strange land

Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon (dark tears of babylon)
There we sat down (you got to sing a song)
Ye-eah we wept, (sing a song of love)
When we remember zion. (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

By the rivers of babylon (rough bits of babylon)
There we sat down (you hear the people cry)
Ye-eah we wept, (they need their God)
When we remember zion. (ooh, have the power)

EXERCISE 2.

a) Write down in your portfolio the main ideas of the song.

b) Make a picture of the song

c) Practice the song and prepare for a presentation of it.

Excercise 3. Yellow submarine
LISTEN TO THIS SONG.
TRY TO SING THE SONG BY USING THE LYRICS BELOW




In the town where I was born,
Lived a man who sailed to sea,
And he told us of his life,
In the land of submarines,

So we sailed on to the sun,
Till we found the sea of green,
And we lived beneath the waves,
In our yellow submarine,

We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

And our friends are all aboard,
Many more of them live next door,
And the band begins to play.

(Trumpets play)

We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

(Full speed ahead, Mr. Parker, full speed ahead!
Full speed over here, sir!
Action stations! Action stations!
Aye, aye, sir, fire!
Captain! Captain!)

As we live a life of ease
Every one of us has all we need,(has all we need)
Sky of blue, and sea of green,(sky of blue and sea of green)
in our yellow(in our yellow) submarine.(submarine) ( Hahaha! )

We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

(fading)

We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

EXERCISE 3.

a) Write down in your portfolio the main ideas of the song.

b) Make a picture of the song

c) Practice the song and prepare for a presentation of it.

d) Study the colors, write and practice them.

Excercise 4. The three billy goats.
LISTEN TO THIS tale.



:""Prepare a presentation for the class.
You will have to create a script for it. Then, do the dramatization in groups of 5 students.Remember to create or use some customes, puppets, or any other things.
Before the presentation you must explain to your classmates the characters.
Introduce your script in your portfolio. Use the greetings that we studied.""

THIS IS THE LINK!!!
THE THREE BILLY-GOATS


http://www.kizclub.com/goatstory/goat1.html



FINAL EXERCISE!!!
Vocabulary Review




IN THE NEXT WORD SQUARE YOU CAN FIND VOCABULARY ABOUT GREETINGS,NUMBERS, COLORS AND PERSONAL INFORMATION. CLASSIFY AND PRACTICE IT.



http://web.educastur.princast.es/proyectos/nea/nea_english/Presentacion/Presentacion.swf